MGRS Pushbutton Train Layout at O'Donal's Nursery in Gorham

 Here are some pictures of the pushbutton layout that Terry Norton and Peter Richards set up last week at O'Donals Nursery in Gorham.  The nursery is a 6 Country Road in Gorham, on the section where Route 22 and 114 run together. Their current hours are 9am-5pm Tuesday through Saturday.

The train runs from a push button

Terry setting up a log cabin

Elevated loop through the flowers

Testing the Layout

Log cabin with farmyard animals

Amish wagon pulled by a rhinoceros

Farmyard and Barn

Side view of the raised layout

Passing of Ann Jenkins, wife of Jim Jenkins

Ann Jenkins passed away peacefully at home today.  She and Jim were married for 62 years.

Her obituary will appear in the East Machias, Maine newspaper.  Condolences may be sent to Jim at 11 Adler Drive, Gray, ME 04039-9720.

No Holiday Train Display at the Mall in 2020

 The Mall does not have any empty stores, so there will not be a Holiday Train Display this year.

MGRS Annual Meeting, Election of Officers and Auction Results

 The MGRS Annual Meeting, Election of Officers and Auction were held on September 20th at Carl & Pat Churchill's home in Buxton. Photos by Sue Norton.

                                     

                                               Bidders Checking out the auction rolling stock

Here are the election results

 President            Carl Churchill

Vice President    Dave Blue

Treasurer            Dennis Farrell

Secretary            Terry Norton

Directors(5)        Hunk Erskine, Peter Richards, Norm Waycott, Frank Howard & Scot                                      Weeks

Gloria Goodwin at the Registration Table

Carl "on the move " with Dave Blue and Mac McLaughlin

Terry taking bids on track

Ben calling auction items with Brennan Long,

Lucas Weeks and Deven Weeks bringing more!!

                                           The "Buildings Department" at the auction with

                                            Dennis fixing one in the background

Dave Blue and Grace Miller

Maybe an auction item discussion???

MGRS September 20th Auction Update

 The MGRS Auction and Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, September 20th at Noon.  

The auction preview begins at 10am.

This is an outdoor event, so please bring your own chair.

If you have any questions, please contact Terry Norton at BL2GSCALE@gmail.com or  207-748-3009

 

John L. Middleton Riverside Carhouse Dedication at Seashore Trolley Museum

Yesterday (August 29, 2020) the Seashore Trolley Museum dedicated a car barn to John Middleton in a ceremony at the museum.  Forty or fifty people attended, despite the rain, and celebrated John with stories of his enthusiasm, skills, and unflagging energy.  Here is a picture of the ceremony as well as one of John with Dick Rubin, and one of John in the inaugural run of the museum's popular Montreal open trolley.  (Pictures and article by Scott Gould.)

John on the initial run of the Montreal Open Trolley

Stories of John Middleton

                                                       Dick Rubin and John Middleton

John brought his Timesaver Switching Layout to the Mt. Ararat Show in Topsham several times. Here he is explaining it to an interested attendee.

He also participated in the setup and operation of the Holiday Train Display at the Maine Mall. As you would expect, his train consists always included an End of Train Device instead of a Caboose.

John up on the tables during 2018 Setup

John working on track to the right of the Mountain